by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Communal Organization
Introduction to Primary Jewish Education, Sefer Hasidim There was once an elderly Torah scholar, who used to stand around where small children went to school and give them fruit and nuts to make them want to study Torah. When they left school also, he would...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Communal Organization
Introduction to Primary Jewish Education, Sefer ha-Rokeah A scriptural indication that the boy should be covered so that he will not see a gentile or a dog on the day he is instructed in the holy letters is- “No one else shall come up with you and no one else...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Communal Organization
Communal Organization: Social Services and Education Social needs, educational needs, and of course religious needs fell into the province of the Church for the Christian majority. For the small Jewish minority, these responsibilities fell upon the Jewish...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Communal Organization
Communal Organization: Combating Oppression and Violence The authorities of both state and church were key to Jewish safety, and the Jewish communal leadership had to arouse these authorities to fulfillment of their responsibilities. Maintaining good relations...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Communal Organization
R. Chazan, European Jewry and the First Crusade (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987), 85-99. IV- The Patterns of Response Efforts to Preserve Jewish Lives In meeting the variety of threats posed by the crusaders and their burgher collaborators, a...
